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Imagine Surrey Will Give Taxis a Break

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 16, 2026 SURREY, BC — Mike Starchuk today pledged to give Surrey’s taxi drivers a break: allow taxis in bus lanes where and when it makes sense, lower licensing costs, and cut red tape so more drivers can operate and prices stay competitive. For seniors, shift workers, parents with small kids, and […]

Starchuk Calls for Record Investment in Community Infrastructure: Three New Community Centres

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 15, 2026 SURREY, BC — A day after saying no to the mayor’s arena deal, Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk today committed to a record investment in the places Surrey families actually use: three new community centres, paid for in part by not overpaying for arena land. Three community centres, a 5% expansion of park […]

Annis Faces Lawsuit Following Dog Attack

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 15, 2026 SURREY, BC — In January, Linda Annis told another dog owner to step up and do the right thing. Four months later her own dog bit a man badly enough to need stitches. She didn’t follow her own advice. Now, she is being sued. She knew that the man her […]

Starchuk Says Yes to an Arena, No to This Deal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, September 14, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk say yes to a 10,000-seat arena Surrey can be proud of, and no to the deal behind it. An Imagine Surrey council will build the arena on cheaper land in a better spot, with Fleetwood getting the first look, and put the savings into starting the build […]

Annis: Licences and Leashes are for Other People

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, September 13, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk are calling on Linda Annis to release the City’s full record of the May dog attack involving her dog, reported by Global News on Sunday after a months-long freedom of information fight. In January, Annis told Global News that dogs that maul other animals “should be […]

Three Parties, One fire

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, September 13, 2026 SURREY, BC — Three party names will be on the ballot on October 17 asking to run City Hall again. Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk today released their record, side by side. On the decisions that lit the fire at City Hall and kept it burning, Surrey First, Safe Surrey, and Surrey Connect […]

Mayor Locke’s Sidewalk Claim is Ludicrous: A Repaved Sidewalk is not a New Sidewalk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, September 12, 2026 SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey and mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk say Mayor Brenda Locke’s sidewalk claim is ludicrous. The City confirmed in yesterday’s Vancouver Sun that its sidewalk program builds seven to 10 kilometres a year, and that the mayor’s larger figure counts sidewalks that came with road widening. A repaved sidewalk is not […]

Statement by Mike Starchuk on the 25th Anniversary of September 11

SURREY, BC — Imagine Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk, a retired Surrey firefighter and former Chief Fire Prevention Officer, released the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks: Twenty-five years ago, a normal morning turned into the day no firefighter will ever forget. I remember the call for help from the FDNY, and I […]